Alison Lurie won The Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for her novel Foreign Affairs and will talk about her latest book, The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak To Us. (Delphinium Books)She has taught literature, folklore, humor, and writing at Cornell University since 1969.

Daniel James Brown has taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford. He will talk about his new book, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. (Penguin)